U.S. employers project an average 3.5% increase in their salary budgets for 2026, a tick below the 3.6% climb they’re ...

Hourly pay is sometimes referred to as an hourly rate. If an employer provides compensation in the form of hourly pay or rate, an employee is paid a set amount for each hour worked.

Hourly pay is based on the number of hours worked. Employees are paid a set rate for each hour they work and, generally, they receive overtime pay for hours worked beyond the standard full-time hours.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its total private average hourly earnings by state, along with the average weekly earnings as of June 2025.

For the first time this year, The News Journal/Delaware Online requested employee salary information from The Nation's Summer Capital.